In thePrologue, Raphael's appearance is essentially the same as it is in Mirage Volume 1, from which MNT Gaiden branches its continuity. But the events of that incident has produced the most obvious change in Raph's appearance—a body covered with many deep and massive scars, inflicted on him by his brother Leonardo wielding the Totsuka Sword. One of these wounds permanently blinded Raph's left eye, which he now covers with a black eye patch just underneath his bandana—this is a nod to the Image comics Volume 3, whose version of Raphael was blinded in the same eye and also started wearing a patch. In actuality, most of Raph's scars are routinely reopened when Raph gets depressed and cuts himself out of self-hatred, which may actually be giving the scars a fresher appearance than they might